Second Lieutenant Samoilov quickly brought the German radio operator in. To be precise, two soldiers were dragged in. When the soldiers put the radio operator covered in wounds in front of the radio station, Sidorin asked a little worriedly: "Comrade Lieutenant, he is like this, can he still send a message?"
"Don't worry, Comrade Chief of Staff." Samoilov quickly replied: "His hands are not injured, so there should be no problem sending the newspaper."
Hearing that the radio operator could send the newspaper normally, Cidolin handed over the drafted telegram and ordered Samoilov: "Comrade Lieutenant, let him send this telegram."
Samoilov took the telegram from Cidolin and slapped it in front of the German radio operator with a bang, scaring the other party to tremble. He said viciously: "Send this telegram immediately, I warn you not to play any tricks."
The German radio operator did not speak, but nodded in panic, then lowered his head to look at the telegram in front of him. Sidorin winked at a communications soldier, and the other party immediately walked over, sat opposite the German radio operator, picked up a pair of headphones and put them on his head, preparing to monitor the other party's message content to see if he was tampering with or not in the process of sending the message.
Sokov stared at the German radio operator who was preparing for it and thought to himself: It seems that the interrogation method of the Ministry of Internal Affairs is really well-deserved. Even such well-trained German agents can only submit. If it were him, he might be timid in two minutes, and then the other party would confess whatever he asked him to confess.
As a special agent, the German radio operator has undergone special training. Not only can he speak fluent Russian, but he can read books and newspapers is not a problem, let alone a simple telegram. After reading the content of the telegram, he immediately put his finger on the electric key and started sending telegrams with a dip.
The telegram was sent soon. The correspondent sitting opposite the German radio operator took off his headset and nodded at Sokov, indicating that there was no problem with the message just sent.
Since the telegram has been sent, we should wait for the other party's call to reply. Sokov turned his head and asked Belkin: "Comrade Political Commissar, do you have any cigarettes?"
"Yes," Belkin took out a pack of seized German cigarettes from his pocket and said apologetically to Sokov: "But only German cigarettes are there, and I don't know if you are used to smoking."
The taste of German cigarettes is different from that of Soviet cigarettes. Many people can't get used to it and think that it smells like horse manure when smoking. Even an old cigarette gun like Belkin wouldn't have smoked German cigarettes if it wasn't for not smoking. Sokov took the cigarette box, walked to the radio operator, and handed the cigarette over: "Smoke a cigarette!"
When the radio operator saw Sokov handing him cigarettes on his own initiative, he instinctively wanted to refuse. But when he heard Sokov say it was German cigarettes, he reached out to draw a cigarette from the cigarette box and put it in his mouth. Sokov put the cigarette box aside and set off a match to light a cigarette for the radio operator.
After taking a puff of cigarette, the radio operator looked up at Sokov standing in front of him: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, what are you going to do with me? After receiving the call back, will you order someone to drag me out and shoot me?"
"Don't worry," Sokov raised his hand and patted his shoulder, comforting him, "Since you cooperate with us so much, we will treat prisoners preferentially. When everything is over, I will send someone to the prisoner's camp and give you the treatment you deserve. But..."
Sokov only said half of the words, which aroused the radio operator's great curiosity. He asked nervously: "Mr. Lieutenant Colonel, but what?"
"But if you are willing to surrender to our army, I can not send you to the prisoner-of-war camp, but stay in my army." Sokov said this and shrugged: "You also know that it is during the war, and the conditions in the prisoner-of-war camp may not be very good. Whether you can live until the end of the war is unknown."
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The German troops responsible for attacking Mamayevgang were the 295th Infantry Division commanded by Major General Ottokofes. Kofes was studying how to attack Mamayevgang with several of his subordinates in his command. Suddenly, a staff officer hurried in and handed him a telegram he had just received.
Kofes took the telegram, saw the contents clearly, and asked back, "Who sent this telegram?"
"It was a special operation team we sent to near Mamayevgang," the staff officer obviously knew a lot of inside information, so he could answer Kofes's question: "They gave the Russians a false order and successfully retreated the defenders who were standing in Mamayevgang's south hill."
After waved his hand to let the staff leave, Kofes handed the telegram to the Chief of Staff, and said, "Chief of Staff, there is a telegram that the Special Operations Team has just sent back. Look, let's talk about your opinion."
The Chief of Staff took the telegram from Kofes. After browsing the above content, he looked at Kofes and said, "Sir, the Russians have retreated from the Nangang of Mamayevgang. Do you think this is possible?"
Regarding the question of the Chief of Staff of the Division, Kofes said in an uncertain tone: "This special operation team was sent by the Army Command, and I believe their report is true. But for the sake of safety, we will send someone to verify it." After that, he ordered a leader sitting at the conference table, "Col. I just received a telegram from the special operation team saying that they issued a fake retreat order to the Russians who were guarding Nangang of Mamayevgang. Judging from the telegrams they sent, the Russians seemed to have been fooled and were withdrawing from the Nangang position. You immediately call the frontier observation room of your regiment and let them see if the Russians are retreating?"
"I understand, Master," said the leader who was named by him respectfully: "I will call the regiment headquarters immediately and ask them to report on the situation there."
The German colonel went out to call his regiment headquarters. After less than ten minutes, he returned to the conference room and reported to Kofes with an excited look on his face: "Good news, good news!"
"What good news?" Kofes' heartbeat suddenly accelerated when he heard the colonel say this. He asked nervously: "Did the Russians really retreat?"
"Yes, Your Excellency Commander." The colonel nodded and said, "When I called back to the regiment, the Chief of Staff had just received a report from the Frontier Observatory, saying that the Russians deployed in front of Nangang had withdrawn from their defensive positions."
"Your Excellency, the Russians did not expect that the Russians would really retreat." Seeing that the information sent by the Special Operations Team was confirmed, the Chief of Staff of the Division said excitedly: "This is a rare opportunity. We should immediately send troops to occupy the Nangang of Mamayev. In this way, we will divide the Russian defenders in Stalingrad into two unconnected parts, and can also launch attacks on the port and the central railway station at any time."
"That's right, your division commander, the Chief of Staff is right." As soon as the colonel and the chief of staff finished speaking, they immediately volunteered: "Our regiment is closest to Nangang, please let us occupy there."
Kofes agreed without hesitation about the colonel's request: "Yes, colonel. You will immediately send a battalion to occupy the southern hills of Mamayev, and build fortifications on it, ready to face the Russians' counterattack."
"What, only one battalion is sent?" Whether it was the chief of staff of the division or the colonel, when he heard Cofes say this, he was stunned: "Will the troops of a battalion be too few?"
"There are quite a lot." Kofes waved his hand and said, "Our battalion has more than 800 people. As long as they occupy Nangang, even if the Russians dispatch two regiments, they may not be able to take back the high ground." After saying these words, he paused for a moment and ordered the Chief of Staff of the Division, "Immediately send a report to the Special Operations Group that our army will enter the Nangang position at 11 o'clock tonight and let them prepare for the support."
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When Sokov saw the call back and knew that the Germans had taken the bait, he ordered Samoilov to take the radio operator down. After he handed the telegram to Belkin and Cidolin, he said, "The Germans will send a battalion of troops to enter the Nangang position at 11 o'clock tonight. In addition, they also asked the special operations team that we cracked will send people to meet them."
"Cunning enemy." Cidolin said angrily after seeing the telegram: "We prepared such a large piece of bait, but they only came to one battalion."
Belkin was considering other issues: "Comrade Chief of Staff, Nangang's surface position area is limited, and even if there are too many troops, it is impossible to expand. One enemy battalion has more than 800 people, and it is more than enough to use such troops to occupy the Nangang position. Comrade Commander, I am worried about another issue now."
“What’s the problem?”
"The enemy asked the Special Operations Team to pick them up." Belkin said with a frown: "But five of the seven spies were killed by us. And the two living, one radio operator was covered in bruises and even walking was a problem, and the other was stubborn and refused to cooperate with us. Who should we look for to pretend to be the Special Operations Team to attract the Germans to the bait?"
"Comrade of the Political Commissar," Sokov asked, "Do you know where Corporal Ernst is?"
"Corporal Ernst?" When he heard this name, Belkin hesitated for a moment, then a sudden expression appeared on his face: "You are talking about the German corporal who surrendered to our army, right?"
"Yes, it's him." Sokov asked again: "Where is he?"
"Be the squad leader in Lieutenant Grissa's 4th Company." Berkin said Ernst's whereabouts, and without waiting for Sokov's order, he said first: "I'll call him now."
While Belkin was calling, Sokov said to Cydolin again: "Chief of Staff, you find two more German-speaking soldiers and let them act with Ernst. If something unexpected happens, they must ensure Ernst's safety. Do you understand?"
"Comrade Brigade Commander, leave this to me." Sidolin assured Sokov: "I will definitely not let you down."
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